Eustachyte - treatment will prevent complications

Very often in childhood, small childrenpatients with the emergence of infectious and inflammatory diseases of the upper respiratory tract and the nasal cavity arose eustachiitis, whose treatment, begun at an early stage of the disease, would prevent the development of deafness. In general, eustachiitis is an acute or chronic inflammation of the mucous membrane of the auditory tube that connects the middle ear and pharyngeal cavity, and the change in the level of pressure in it plays a huge role in the correct transmission of sound.

To provoke the appearance of acute and chronicinflammation can be any violation of the patency of the auditory tube and the resulting violations of normal ventilation of the tympanum (middle ear cavity). It should be remembered that the cause of the disease can become mechanical obstacles that disrupt the ventilation function of the inner auditory tube - in the vast majority of cases, adenoid growths in the nasopharynx, hypertrophy of the nasal concha, and nasopharyngeal tumors are complicated by eustachitis, whose treatment will be successful only if the provoking cause is eliminated. Special attention should be paid to the inflammation of the auditory tube, which occurs when there is a sharp drop in pressure in the tympanum - in this case, there is also a traumatic eustachiosis, the treatment of which should be aimed at the complex elimination of the effects of barotrauma.

Main symptoms

In the vast majority of cases, patientscomplain of a sharp decrease in hearing - a one-sided violation of sound perception allows you to suspect exactly eustachyte. Symptoms of the disease can be manifested in the stuffiness of the ear, a sudden feeling of overflow in the ear or a feeling of a fluid transfusion. In addition, most people start to sound strange about the sound of their own voice - there is an autophony, voice resonance in the ear on the side of the lesion.

In those cases when the treatment of eustachyte with thisstage is not appointed, with further exposure to provoking factors, the disease sooner or later goes into a chronic stage - but manifestations of inflammation of the auditory tube are always accompanied by symptoms of chronic otitis media. In patients, the hearing on the affected ear decreases sharply, and the susceptibility of low sounds is disturbed earlier than the perception of high frequency sounds.

Treatment of eustachyitis

In the event that a patient is diagnosed with eustachitis, treatment should be comprehensive and consistent.

Strangely enough, if the diagnosis is acute eustachyte,treatment of the patient should begin with an explanation of the elementary rules of hygiene of the nasopharynx. The patient needs to be taught how to properly clean the nasal passages - lean forward when blowing out and carefully clean each side of the nose in turn. It is also important to observe the rules of hygiene with sudden changes in pressure in the cavity of the middle ear - for any flight, ride on the carousel, immersion in water at great depth.

When symptoms appear, it is importanttimely appointment of antiallergic drugs - they will reduce the swelling of the mucous membrane, while remembering that the dose of the drug and the order of its intake should be selected only by the doctor. In some cases, it is necessary to prescribe antihistamines of the first generation (Tavegil, Suprastin, Diazolin) - despite side effects, these drugs start to act faster than second-line prolonged drugs.

Vasodilating drops also possessanti-edematous effect, but it must be remembered that these drugs often cause addiction and patients need to constantly increase the dose of the drug. If necessary, antibacterial drugs may be added to the treatment of eustachiitis - this is especially important in the development of chronic eustachyitis, which occurs together with chronic otitis media. In some cases, antibiotics are prescribed topically, in some cases, if there are foci of chronic infection in the nasopharynx, a systemic administration of a broad-spectrum antibiotic is necessary.

To improve the condition of the tympanic membrane anddrainage function of the internal auditory tube shows the pneumomassage of the tympanic membrane, the purging of the auditory tubes, physiotherapy measures aimed at treating the underlying cause of eustachyte.